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Valera Air quality today
Air quality in Valera currently reads AQI 55 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 55
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.8
- tree cover
- 42.8%
- trees in this area
- 134K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Valera, Trujillo, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Valera · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Valera's tree count comes to 134,460 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Valera today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.8
PM10
11.1
NO₂
9.2
O₃
25.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
308.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Valera's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 22 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 10.
Where Valera stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Valera: Healthy tree cover
42.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
134,460
Target trees
134,460
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Valera lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Valera has lost about 2,890 hectares of forest (about 4,100 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,890 haabout 4,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,520 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 151 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 177 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 286 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 87 ha | 5 ha | 93 ha |
| 2002 | 102 ha | 5 ha | 107 ha |
| 2003 | 93 ha | 22 ha | 115 ha |
| 2004 | 35 ha | 3 ha | 38 ha |
| 2005 | 109 ha | 11 ha | 120 ha |
| 2006 | 60 ha | 6 ha | 66 ha |
| 2007 | 129 ha | 9 ha | 138 ha |
| 2008 | 104 ha | 7 ha | 111 ha |
| 2009 | 108 ha | 5 ha | 113 ha |
| 2010 | 26 ha | 3 ha | 28 ha |
| 2011 | 31 ha | 5 ha | 36 ha |
| 2012 | 63 ha | 10 ha | 73 ha |
| 2013 | 60 ha | 4 ha | 63 ha |
| 2014 | 73 ha | 6 ha | 79 ha |
| 2015 | 67 ha | 5 ha | 72 ha |
| 2016 | 249 ha | 37 ha | 286 ha |
| 2017 | 192 ha | 45 ha | 237 ha |
| 2018 | 127 ha | 38 ha | 165 ha |
| 2019 | 80 ha | 13 ha | 93 ha |
| 2020 | 98 ha | 7 ha | 105 ha |
| 2021 | 198 ha | 38 ha | 236 ha |
| 2022 | 126 ha | 33 ha | 159 ha |
| 2023 | 174 ha | 34 ha | 208 ha |
| 2024 | 71 ha | 15 ha | 85 ha |
| 2025 | 55 ha | 12 ha | 67 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Valera?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good81% · 2,360 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back11% · 329 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.5% · 159 ha
Also: wildfires, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 24,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 24,200 ha
- Overall change
- −626 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Valera shrank from about 24,800 hectares to 24,200 hectares, a net loss of about 626 hectares (−2.5%). New forest grew on about 266 hectares, but 893 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Valera right now?
The latest reading for Valera shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Valera today?
At AQI 55 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Valera been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Valera's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 22 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Valera lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Valera has lost about 2,890 hectares of forest (about 4,100 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 151 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 177 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Valera shrank from about 24,800 hectares to 24,200 hectares, a net loss of about 626 hectares (−2.5%). New forest grew on about 266 hectares, but 893 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Valera?
Valera has an estimated 134,460 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 42.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Valera need?
Valera has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Valera's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Valera; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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